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  2. Semi-automatic firearm - Wikipedia

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    The Colt AR-15, a type of semi-automatic rifle. A semi-automatic firearm, also called a self-loading or autoloading firearm (fully automatic and selective fire firearms are also variations on self-loading firearms), is a repeating firearm whose action mechanism automatically loads a following round of cartridge into the chamber and prepares it for subsequent firing, but requires the shooter to ...

  3. 9mm P.A.K. - Wikipedia

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    9mm P.A. (Pistole Automatik, German for "automatic pistol"), 9×22mm or 9mm P.A.K. (Pistole Automatik Knall, "automatic blank pistol") is a firearm cartridge for a non-lethal gas pistol noisemaking gun. Caliber 9mm P.A. includes various blank, gas or rubber ammunitions made for different use.

  4. Semi-automatic pistol - Wikipedia

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    A Glock 22 semi-automatic pistol chambered in .40 S&W with a tactical light mounted below its barrel.. A semi-automatic pistol (also called a self-loading pistol, autopistol, or autoloading pistol [1]) is a repeating handgun that automatically ejects and loads cartridges in its chamber after every shot fired, but only one round of ammunition is fired each time the trigger is pulled.

  5. 8 Guns That Are 100% Made in America - AOL

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    Kahr Arms has been a stalwart in the compact and mid-size semi-automatic pistol market since it was founded in 1996. Offering a variety of pistols in calibers that gun enthusiasts love, Kahr Arms ...

  6. Self-loading firearm - Wikipedia

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    A semi-automatic firearm is a self-loading repeating firearm whose action mechanism automatically loads a following round of cartridge into the chamber and prepares it for subsequent firing, but requires the shooter to manually actuate the trigger in order to discharge each shot.

  7. Smokeless powder - Wikipedia

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    Smokeless powder made autoloading firearms with many moving parts feasible (which would otherwise jam or seize under heavy black powder fouling). Smokeless powder allowed the development of modern semi- and fully automatic firearms and lighter breeches and barrels for artillery.

  8. Glossary of firearms terms - Wikipedia

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    The word pistol is usually used to refer specifically to a semi-automatic pistol. Pistol grip on a SIG SG 550. Pistol grip: A feature on some firearms that gives the user a slightly curved area to grip, just rear of the trigger. Powerhead or bang stick: A specialized firearm used underwater that is fired when in direct contact with the target.

  9. List of semi-automatic pistols - Wikipedia

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    High Standard .22 Pistol: High Standard Manufacturing Company.22 Long Rifle United States: High Standard HDM: High Standard Manufacturing Company.22 Long Rifle United States: 1942 Hino–Komuro pistol: Komuro Juhou Seisakusho.25 ACP.32 ACP 8mm Nambu Japan: 1903 Horhe (pistol) Klimovsk Specialized Ammunition Plant: 9 mm P.A. Russia: 2006 HS2000 ...